Insurgent Forces Makeup?
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2022 3:10 pm
I have a question about the Insurgent forces who will be depicted in this game.
One of the leveled criticisms of this game is a blanket label of combating Arabs. Like all war, the reality on the ground was not so clear cut and provided no inlet for such a simple summary. While the Insurgents were predominantly Iraqi, it was reportedly a melting pot of nationalities spanning the globe. While the War in Iraq was initially an Iraqi affair, it quickly became a jihad that invited foreign fighters.
The main Insurgent force occupying Fallujah at the time was Al-Qaeda, led by Zarqawi. A majority of those fighters were of Arab decent, consisting mostly of Iraqi fighters. Reportedly many fighters came from Chechnya (who was at war with Russia) and even the Philippines (of whose extremists have been in insurgency for years). The Chechen extremists, in particular, are feared worldwide due to their extreme and vicious resilience against the Russians. They are noted for their effectiveness in combat and for their brutal psyops, particularly from their experience in the First and Second Chechen Wars and their own insurgency in Chechnya.
Will we see these different groups of fighters depicted in Six Days? I would imagine the player might feel confusion at hearing languages unlike Arabic emitted from fighters, and might serve to educate just how wide of an impact this war had already created in the world.
One of the leveled criticisms of this game is a blanket label of combating Arabs. Like all war, the reality on the ground was not so clear cut and provided no inlet for such a simple summary. While the Insurgents were predominantly Iraqi, it was reportedly a melting pot of nationalities spanning the globe. While the War in Iraq was initially an Iraqi affair, it quickly became a jihad that invited foreign fighters.
The main Insurgent force occupying Fallujah at the time was Al-Qaeda, led by Zarqawi. A majority of those fighters were of Arab decent, consisting mostly of Iraqi fighters. Reportedly many fighters came from Chechnya (who was at war with Russia) and even the Philippines (of whose extremists have been in insurgency for years). The Chechen extremists, in particular, are feared worldwide due to their extreme and vicious resilience against the Russians. They are noted for their effectiveness in combat and for their brutal psyops, particularly from their experience in the First and Second Chechen Wars and their own insurgency in Chechnya.
Will we see these different groups of fighters depicted in Six Days? I would imagine the player might feel confusion at hearing languages unlike Arabic emitted from fighters, and might serve to educate just how wide of an impact this war had already created in the world.